March

TV show presenter, pianist and big band leader Jools Holland from BBC’s “Later with Jools Holland” somehow got to hear about Westhaven’s fundraising project for a new sports hall. He very kindly sent a signed photograph and a letter to go with it. Jools, famous for his wry sense of humour has personalised the photograph […]

The Imperialists visited school today. We are presenting an evening on the pier with them in aid of the ongoing fundraising for a new sports hall. This exciting event is being held on Friday 26th May and tickets are avaliable now from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/charity-motown-jazz-night-with-the-imperialists-tickets-32466569383?aff=es2

Not content with helping us raise money for the Sports Hall Fund they have just contributed a WHOPPING 1,602 vouchers for our Sainsbury’s collection! This year some of the value of these vouchers is going to buy Cooking Equipment as well as our usual sports shopping list and the Stitches have made Ms Wells’ year! […]

Dear parents / carers / friends of Westhaven, the Westhaven PTA is organizing a charity night of soul and jazz with comedy at the Grand Pier to help us with our fundraising. There will be a live music performance by The Imperialists and comedy is provided by 5 In a Hat Theater Company. Event date and […]

In PSHE Wells class have been reading the story ‘Silly Billy’ by Anthony Browne. The story is about a young boy called Billy who worries about a lot of things! To help him cope with this his Grandma told him the story of Worry dolls, which is an ancient myth that originated in Central America [...]

Saturday 18 March 2017 with England Para swimming coach Dave White If your child is less able or has an IQ of below 75 but a keen swimmer they can be advised as to a local pathway to maximise their potential. Call Hutton Moor Pool to book for one of the 30 minute slots between 12 […]

Parents or friends of Westhaven School. Do you work for a company that does “match funding”? If so we would like to hear from you. Please contact Mr Barlow at the school. We will do all the organising for you if you want us to but what we really need is the commitment to match-fund […]

Cold blustery conditions met the teams at Buckler’s Mead school for the first of this year’s three rounds of the Special Schools Championships. Westhaven sent two teams for the Under 14 and Under 18 competitions (even though our oldest pupils are only in Year 11). Both teams made a good and even start to the […]

Today is World Book Day and to celebrate this, we started the day with an assembly, with Mrs Payne making a presentation of the book "The Day the Crayons Quit". Staff and children came into school dressed as one of the colours in the book - red, green, yellow, orange, blue, purple, beige, grey, white, black, [...]